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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ESTA’s Technical Standards Program has developed two ANSI Standards relating to floors that may be of some use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="javascript:postquery(%22474%22)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#0078FF;background:white">ANSI E1.34 - 2009 (R2019)</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><a href="javascript:postquery(%22474%22)"><span style="color:#0078FF">Entertainment Technology - Measuring and Specifying the Slipperiness of Floors Used in Live Performance Venues</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><a href="javascript:postquery(%22598%22)"><span style="color:#0078FF">Entertainment Technology - Recommended Testing Methods and Values for Shock Absorption of Floors Used in Live Performance
Venues</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">If the above links don’t work you can go here <a href="https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php">https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php</a> and download them
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bill S.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:bill@sapsis-rigging.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">bill@sapsis-rigging.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net> on behalf of "stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 3:28 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"stagecraft@theatrical.net" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Dan Feith <dfeith@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SML] Sprung floor specs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Bill,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only specs I've seen are for the Harlequin Liberty Latch Loc Floor:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.arcat.com/product/Harlequin-Liberty-LatchLoc-153-Floating-Floor-System--166900">https://www.arcat.com/product/Harlequin-Liberty-LatchLoc-153-Floating-Floor-System--166900</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan Feith<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Production Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 17, 2023, 9:28 AM Bill Potter via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Without consulting me, our school purchased a “portable” sprung floor to cover the stage of our 1951 stageatorium. Now we’re having to deal with all the consequences of how “everybody else” uses the space.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My actual question is, are there any actual guidelines/specs for measuring the give or spring of a floor used for ballet? I can find all kinds on info on sprung floors, but no actual specs on how much “give” is appropriate. The happy medium
between too hard and too springy seems to be “just right”. Hard to measure that...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Potter<br>
Arts Technical Director<br>
St. Paul’s School<br>
Concord NH<br>
603-229-4696 <o:p></o:p></p>
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